National security experts argue U.S. TikTok deal falls short
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🗓️ 23 January 2026
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| 0:00.0 | TikTok has closed a deal to keep the wildly popular video sharing app used by more than a billion people worldwide available in the U.S. |
| 0:09.4 | The agreement caps a six-year legal and geopolitical fight after Congress passed a law requiring TikTok to divest from its Chinese parent company or face a nationwide ban. |
| 0:20.1 | The Trump administration says the deal protects American users from potential Chinese influence. |
| 0:25.5 | But as Nick Schiffrin reports, many national security experts argue it falls short. |
| 0:30.7 | I'm going to save TikTok. |
| 0:35.9 | Today on TikTok, a presidential victory dance. |
| 0:39.3 | L is for the way you look at me. |
| 0:45.3 | On the beloved video sharing app that the Trump administration has now saved for 200 million Americans. |
| 0:52.3 | You know you're getting a legit. LaBoo Boo Boo is not a Lafoo. |
| 0:57.6 | TikTok's viral sensations have combined access to music. |
| 1:04.3 | With editing tricks made easy to create a social media monster. |
| 1:09.3 | I have a warm spot in my heart for TikTok. |
| 1:12.2 | And from one social media platform to another, President Trump announced the deal on |
| 1:16.2 | true social that TikTok U.S. would be owned by, quote, a group of great American patriots |
| 1:21.8 | and investors. |
| 1:22.8 | A TikTok press release says that Tech Giant Oracle will house Americans' data and secure the |
| 1:27.9 | TikTok U.S. app, which will not have to be re-downloaded. |
| 1:31.8 | TikTok U.S. will quote, retrain, test, and update the algorithm, although it will still be |
| 1:37.2 | owned by Chinese parent company ByteDance. |
| 1:40.4 | TikTok U.S.'s board of directors will be majority American, and the largest investors are Oracle, |
| 1:46.0 | the Emirati firm MGX, and the American firm Silver Lake, each of which owns 15%. |
| 1:51.5 | Bite Dance retains 19.9%. |
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